John Palliser
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Captain John Palliser (L) and James Hector (R).
John Palliser (January 29, 1817 – August 18, 1887) was an Irish-born Canadian geographer and explorer, and brother of Sir William Palliser.
Palliser was leader of the British North American Exploring Expedition, which travelled over the uncharted regions of the far west of North America between 1857 and 1861. He made a topographical delimitation of the boundary between Canada and the United States, from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast.
External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39869)Template:Canada-bio-stub